Now that the dust has settled and you UK gamers are in a desert without any body of water in visible sight, we can carefully analyze the numbers from the Wii launch, numbers so huge that they have crushed all other UK numbers into a fine dust, and inform you that the Wii beat all other previous launches in UK history. If this were a bar fight, the Wii would be holding a flaming chair, while the GameCube would likely hold a broken bottle and the Xbox 360 would be lying on the ground, bleeding and crying its precious little high-def eyes out. See, the Wii sold a total of 105,000 over its launch weekend, beating out the previous holders of the crown in the Xbox 360 and GameCube, which sold 72.000 and 52,000 respectively at launch. Wii FTW!
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12-12-2006 @ 11:09AM
Ed said...
Does the UK even use euros?
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12-12-2006 @ 11:12AM
SpeZek said...
Um...you guys...
I know that the Gamecube wasn't that popular, but I'm pretty sure it sold more than 72 (72.000) units...
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12-12-2006 @ 11:13AM
SpeZek said...
Dammit...now I look like a jackass...
The Xbox 360 sold 72 units in europe. My bad.
Stupid neglect of comment editing...
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12-12-2006 @ 11:36AM
RupeeClock said...
We don't use Euros in the UK silly, just the rest of Europe, we use the pound coin, that silly little £ sign on your american keyboards!
But I certainly feel proud to be one of the 105,000 Wii buyers over the Wiikend!
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12-12-2006 @ 11:37AM
SemiLOOSE said...
and they told me i can do fuck all about it... gr8!
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12-12-2006 @ 11:42AM
SemiLOOSE said...
my wii from amazon got stolen by some parcelforce employee.. i'm fukcing pissed off..
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12-12-2006 @ 11:47AM
Kevin said...
Beat me to it. No Euros in the UK.
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12-12-2006 @ 12:03PM
Jon said...
6. SemiLOOSE "my wii from amazon got stolen by some parcelforce employee.. i'm fukcing pissed off.."
Comet just used the same line on me. I'm thinking it means they screwed up the order and are stalling for time.
They are now telling me it will arrive on friday, fingers crossed. So annoying to be one of thoses 105,000 people but still be waiting to have it delivered.
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12-12-2006 @ 12:29PM
simon said...
will hopefully be getting mine 2moro! :D
just got off the phone from game in belfast, they said their 2nd stage shipment was due today, but never came so the should be in stock 2moro to fulfill my preorder - and i was worried i wouldn't get it b4 xmas the way reports were saying about shortages - bulls**t!
oh, and i will be paying for it in pounds, not euros!
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12-12-2006 @ 12:49PM
SemiLOOSE said...
2nd shipment isnt due til feb next year...
i actually had a parcelforce tracking number.. it all went pearshaped after that...
on ebay uk, wii is going for 360..double the price
with each prat asking for £20 for shipping,
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12-12-2006 @ 1:26PM
SemiLOOSE said...
does the german nintendo have an english menu?
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12-12-2006 @ 2:35PM
turtleboy said...
To everyone who kept saying the Wii was a beefed up gamecube, hahahahaha. The Wii once again on an ass stomping mission. oh wait I thought the ps3 was the hot item. The ps3 is an overpriced xbox 360. It's funny to me how last year at this time the Wii which was the revolution was a joke to most. A group of people out there thought that Nintendo wasn't going to have anything big on their hands. Just goes to show you never underestimate the underdog. The ps3 could still come back and kick Nintendo's butt. However Sony needs to quit repeating the same mistakes Nintendo made long ago.
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12-12-2006 @ 2:38PM
Joby said...
I was told today that it was possible that at 12 o'clock tomorrow, a certain chain 'may' have a second lot... ... ...
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12-12-2006 @ 2:42PM
Mark D said...
Either that "Wii will move you!" tour really did the business or it's something to do with the fact that you won't even find a PS3 shaped hole on Game store shelves here.
Either way the ball is rolling now, My Wii is going to a new years party where everybody will be encouraged to play and I will be only too happy to answer their "how much is it, where do I get it?" questions afterwards.
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12-12-2006 @ 2:57PM
manuel said...
11. does the german nintendo have an english menu?
You can change the language to English (and a few others)
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12-12-2006 @ 3:41PM
greenfly360 said...
WTH is there euros in that picture when we use £££s?
Take it down! And say sorry.lol
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12-13-2006 @ 6:58AM
SemiLOOSE said...
tempted to buy a wii from the german sellers on ebay..
bidded for one and it had some tv card in the description.. thank god someone out bidded me..
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